A1a Project On Turn Lanes Set To Start

October 11, 1987|By DUNSTAN McNICHOL, Staff Writer

State workers this week plan to have intersection improvements under way on State Road A1A at Northeast 18th Street in Fort Lauderdale. The job, near the north end of Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, involves altering the median to accommodate longer turn lanes. Curbs and gutters also will be renovated, and A1A will be resurfaced during the 75-day project.

-- Southwest 32nd Street will be closed between Ravenswood Road and Southwest 26th Terrace for about a month while it is rebuilt and widened.

-- Work that has closed the intersection of Northwest 38th Street and Powerline Road in Oakland Park may be finished by Friday. Until then, city officials recommend that motorists use Andrews Avenue instead of Powerline Road and either Prospect Road or Oakland Park Boulevard instead of 38th Street.

-- Work is scheduled to begin this week on improvements to the intersection of Southgate Boulevard and State Road 7 in Margate. The improvements, which will take more than two months to complete, are not expected to interfere drastically with traffic flow.

-- The Fort Lauderdale Police Department`s Special Traffic Enforcement Team will watch the intersection of State Road 84 and Interstate 95 during mornings this week. The team will be at Sunrise Boulevard and Northwest 15th Avenue during evening rush hours.

-- The resurfacing of Oakland Park Boulevard between State Road 7 and Northwest 36th Terrace will force the periodic closing of lanes along the boulevard for the next two months. Lanes will not be closed during peak travel times.

-- Construction work along State Road 84 near Florida`s Turnpike was scheduled to continue, forcing periodic closings of one westbound lane between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. through the early part of this week.

-- A series of free auto-emission and maintenance tests will continue at various Broward County sites through the end of the month, compliments of the American Lung Association and the American Automobile Association. The tests are scheduled between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each Wednesday, according to the following schedule: